[CLA2102] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (34 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: Rajiv Bhola

Document Summary

12th century bce a number of major civilizations disappear from the aegean region and eastern mediterranean. Not sure why they disappeared various theories: major natural disaster that affected all of the civilizations, caused widespread damage, sea peoples theory that a marauding people that we don"t know anything about destroyed the civilizations. In the 12th century, greeks did not have many establishments in asia minor. Some settlements and outposts set up by mycenaeans these had been taken by hittites. Serious colonization didn"t start until 8th century. Corinth and coastal cities start setting up settlements in asia minor. Results of widespread greek settlement cultural divisions. Ionians were dominant culture group in the region eventually, ionia comes to be used as a term to refer to asia minor and asia minor greeks are referred to as ionians because of this cultural dominance. Our major source for this time period is herodotus recognized as father as history".